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ATTORNEY.

tlrllTED STATES BENJAMIN S. MOORE, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RIM LOCK.

Application sied February es, les?, serial No. meel.

This invention relates to devices 'for preventing the unauthorizedremoval ot automobile tires and rims from their supports7 such as theiellies of wheels and spare-tire car iers, a-,d its object is to providesimple and eective means whereby such removal is rendered possible onlyupon the insertion of a proper key.

This invention consists in a keeper movahly mounted within a casingsecured within a support and a snring to normally hold the eeper in anotch 'formed in the demountable rmj together with key operated meanstor withdrawing the keeper from said notch to permit the removal of therim and the tire mounted thereon.

It further consists of the details ot' con` struction illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

'j 2 a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

F ig. 8 is a plan of a section of telly equipped with this improvedrimretainer.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

The ii'elly 1 is ol the usual channel type and the rim 2 is providedwith the usual flanges 3 and Within the telly is secured a casingcomprising the two plates 5 and 6 Yand the connecting side member 7.Secured to the telly and to the plate 6 is the body 8 of a well knownlock whoseV barrel 9 has au extension 10 with flattened sides iitting ina similarly shaped hole in a vdisk 12 which is beveled or wedge-shaped7a pin 13 extending through a hole in the extension 10 holding the diskin position.

A lever having an arm 15 resting on the disk and its other arm 14 bentto extend through a hole 16 in the plate 5 is pivoted on a stirrup 1Tatt-ached to the plate 5. The end or" the arm 14 is pressed outward by aloop spring 18 whose ends are attached to the plate G. rI'he rim 2 isformed with a re- 'ess 19 to receive the end of the arm 14 as shown inFig. 1.

lVhen the rim is slipped onto the telly, the l'oreward or leading edgeengages the end ol the arm and depresses it against the spring 18 sothat the rim may slide over this` arm until the recess 19 registerstherewith, when the spring presses the arm outward. The rim is nowlocked on the telly until a.

Renewed June 2, 1928.

proper key is inserted and the lock barrel and lisk 12 are turned toswing the arm lllk l l It evident that this lock may be mounted in a rimcarrier, that is, that the representation oil telly shown may be arepresentation ot a section of a tire carrier. The details oiconstruction and proportions of the parts man.y all be changed by thoseskilled in the art vithout departing from the spirit of my invention asset forth in the following claims.

I claim l. A rim lock comprising a case adapted to be mounted in atire-rim support, a lever pivot-ed in said case and having one endadapted to extend through an opening in the case into a recess in a rimmounted on said support to lock it in position, and key operated meansto swing said lever to withdraw saio end from said recess to release therim.

2. A rim lock comprising a case adapted to be mounted in a tire-rimsupport, a lever pivoted in said case and having one end adapted toextend through an opening in the case into a recess in a tire-rimmounted on said support to y shaped disk contactingpwith the other armof the lever, and key-operated means to move said disk to swing saidlever to withdraw it from the recess in the tire-rim.

3. A rim lock comprising a case adapted to be mounted in a tire-rimsupport, a lever pivoted in said case and having one end adapted toextend through an opening in the case into a recess in a tire-rimmounted on said support to lock it in position, a spring to press saidend of the lever into said recess. a wedge-shaped disk contacting withthe other larm of the lever, and key-operated means to move said disk toswing said lever to withdraw it from the recess in the tire-rim againstthe force of said spring.

4. In a rim lock, the combination of a case lock it in position, awedge-l mounted in a tire-rim Support und compri?,- ing an inner platerigidly secured to seid support and a. resilient and aperturecl Coverplate attached at one end to Seid support and 5 having its free endadapted to engage a rim mounted on the support to prevent the rim fromrattling, a movable member mounted between said plates and having aportion projecting through the aperture in the cover plate adapted toengage a rim on Seid support7 a spring to move said member into sneliengagement, and key operated means to Withdraw Said member from suchengagement.

BENJAMIN S. MOORE

